Historical dynamics of Sri Lanka and challenges in a post
conflict scenario
Sri Lanka with over 2500 years of written history
is a beautiful country with a vivid biodiversity, situated near the
Southern tip of India with geopolitical advantages within the Asia
as well as the globe. Despite the invasions by Indian power groups,
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The Morning Inspection
You can only be a nationalist if you are green
‘Green’ is a political colour in Sri Lanka and
has been for many decades. It got perverted by the modernist
intervention in agriculture which gave us mono crop cultures, high
value crops, chemical inputs and in these and other ways poisoned
our soils,
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Socio-economic scene
Crime and punishment
The draconian measures against rioters have been
accompanied by correspondingly ferocious rhetoric on the part of
both the political elite and the media. Politicians have been of one
voice in condemning the rioters as ‘immoral’. They have absolved
society of any blame for the disturbances, which they allege are
caused by the rioters’ wickedness and a ‘gang culture’,
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